On the Cherbourg Peninsula with Bert Brandt
Ernie Pyle describes two wartime photographs from Barneville and nearby roads. The first shows a mayor guiding a grateful crowd to greet Sergeant Max Monsorno of the Ninth Division. the second captures wrecked German vehicles, dead horses, and scorched infrastructure along a road toward Barneville after Allied artillery and bulldozer work.
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Unc
Barneville
Bert
Art
Max Monsorno
Woodhaven
Long Island
Wanert
Monserno
Bricquebec
Loree Ss
Wild West
Bert Brandt
Mercer Bond Sum Increases in County Drive
Mercer county advances toward the 2 million dollar milestone in its drive to meet a 3.382 million quota. Fed reports from Richmond show 1.650 million credited as of June 24. Cleveland data pending. New allocations include 25 thousand from Electric & Manufacturing via William Ives, 7 thousand from West Virginia Water Service, and Penny Co purchases via Bluefield bank. Bond sales credited reach about 324 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond
Cleveland
Ohio
Investinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
William Ives
Mercer
J. C. Penny Company
Bluefield
West Virginia Water Service Company
Charleston
West Virginians Wounded In Action
The War Department announced that 23 West Virginia soldiers were among the latest list wounded in action. Names include Pvt. Lloyd Ames and Pvt. John V. Bare from Summers County and Pfc. Martin L. Edwards of Beckey, with listed mothers for each.
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Washington
War Department
West Virginia
Army
Lloyd Ames
Betty A. Ames
Sandstone
Summers Courty
John V. Bare
Jennie Bare
Kimball
McDowell Country
Martin L. Edwards
M. Edwards
Beckey
GOP Convention Adopts Platform Prepares Nominee Pick
The Chicago GOP gathers to approve a platform snubbing Willkie and hears Hoover condemn the New Deal as a move from personal power. Governor Warren declines the vice ticket while Dewey heads toward a possible running mate reveal. Senator Luce and others press for a peace plan with a global organization.
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Chicago
Wendell L. Willkie
Herbert Hoover
White House
Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dewey's Mother Heads to Chicago for Nomination
Chicago on June 27 reports Mrs. Dewey smiling through the Republican convention bustle. She calmly conceded she was happy and planned to attend the nomination of her son Governor Thomas E. Dewey, skipping the evening session to rest before tomorrow’s witness.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Stadium
Mercury Tops 100 in Chicago During Heat Wave
Chicago logged 100 degrees by 5 p m increasing heat at the GDP convention site and contributing to the death of Charles C. Wilson 57 of Meade Kansas from a heart attack. Police Captain J J Ryan remained in serious condition after a similar attack as forecasters warned of thunderstorms and lower humidity tomorrow with a high of 65 to 88.
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Chicago
Charles C. Wilson
Meade, Kans
Wilson
J. J. Ryan
Kenny
G O P Convention At A Glance
The Associated Press reports the GOP nominating Thomas E. Dewey for president with a potential acceptance speech by New York governor. Earl Warren of California is a leading candidate for vice president. The party approved a foreign policy declaration against a world state and for security by peace forces, drawing Willkie’s criticism and talk of a bolt. Joseph W. Martin Jr. became permanent chairman and opened with a scathing attack on Democrats as delegates returned for a night session featuring Herbert Hoover and Clare Boothe Luce.
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Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Earl Warren
California
Wendell Willkie
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Herbert Hoover
Clare Boothe Luce
Warren Warren Spurns on Ticket in California Letter
Governor Earl Warren of California refused a vice presidential bid, saying he cannot accept nominating himself while still honoring commitments to California. He urged the Oregon delegation not to place his name before the Republican convention, despite strong sentiment for his candidacy. See page 2.
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Hoover
Warren
Earl Warren
California
Chicago
Big Californian
Oregon
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Republicans Endorse Unchanged Foreign Policy Plank
Chicago June 27 The Republican convention approved a platform pledging peace forces to prevent aggression without U.S. entry into a world state. The plank, part of a 3,000 word party program, drew little opposition aside from critics like Walter Edge and Taft’s Wills who wanted clearer terms aligning with Willkie’s views.
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Chicago
Dewey
GOP
Wendell L. Willkie
Walter Edge
New Jersey
Keng H. Willis
Rt A
Willkie
Sumner Sewall
Maine
Resolutions Committee
Portal Pay Case to Be Argued in Fourth Circuit
Arguments before the Fourth Circuit will decide if portal to portal pay is required under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Local No. 6177 United Mine Workers of America versus Jewell Ridge Coal Corp leads Roanoke district court ruling. Attorneys include Crampton Finer Frank Rogers and Ward Muse for appellants and George Richan Jr William A. Stuart for appellee with amici counsel Burke Call.
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Asheville
N. C
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Virginia Federal District Court
United Mine Workers of America and Others
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
Appellee
District Court
Roanoke
Crampton Finer
Birmingham
Ala
Frank W. Rogers
Oward G. Muse
The
Ants
Gorge Richa’ N, Jr
Bay Va
William A. Stuart
Abingdon
E. R. Burke
John C. Call
Washington, D. C
Jeregery Coal Producers
Red Offensive Sweeps Through Fatherland Line
Allied forces report a major breakthrough as the offensive drives through the German line southwest of Vitebsk. German units suffer large losses with thousands captured and 1500 towns or sites recaptured in the ongoing operation.
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Fatherland Line
Vitebsk
Soviet Offensive Seizes Orsha and Pushes Toward Minsk
Moscow reported a major White Russia advance as Soviet forces captured Orsha and moved toward Mogilev and Bobruisk. The communique claimed over 350 localities seized and several German divisions annihilated or encircled, with thousands captured or killed.
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Sheltozero
Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic
Ladoga
Pnezhskoe
Onega
Minsk
Orsha
Stalin
Dawson Sees Republican Year With Tough Fiscal Test
Mayor D Boone Dawson of Charleston West Virginia GOP nominee told the Young Republican federation that victory brings heavier burdens. He warned Republicans must handle tougher readjustments after the war and face larger tax debts as citizens become more tax conscious.
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West Virginia
GOP
Chicago
D. Boone Dawson
Charleston
W. Va
Federation of
Young Republican Clubs
Dawson
Federation
British Troops Close On Caen After Cherbourg Victory
Allied forces press the Normandy campaign with British units nearing Caen and the Americans completing the Cherbourg port capture. The Cherbourg fall yields a major blow to German resistance and accelerates Allied reinforcements toward Paris as 70 000 Germans are reported captured or killed since D-Day.
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James M. Long
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Normandy Front
Caen
Paris
Bernard L. Montgomery
Nnion
Carentan Bayeux
Maupertus Airfield
Cherebourg
Hitler
Nazis Send Troops to Finnish Fronts Frontlines
Stockholm reports Nazi troops march through Helsinki toward the eastern front as Finland agrees to stay in the war with Germany. A Finnish communique says Von Ribbentrop promised armed aid, five German divisions and 500 war planes to bolster Finnish forces against the Soviet assault. US Finnish relations described as day to day.
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Finland
Germany
Agrone
Finand
Stockholm
Helsinki
Meht
Ing
Berlin
von Ribbentrop
van Ribbentrop
Sturdevant
Ryti
United States
Bitter Battle for Key to the Marianas
U S Pacific Fleet reports a fierce fight for control of Marianas with Garapan center, Marines and Army units battling Japanese snipers and entrenched defenders. Mt Tapotchau dominates the action as Americans push toward Donnay village and coastal areas amid heavy casualties and cave resistance.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Marianas Islands
Garapan
Apan
Mt. Tapotchau
Donnay Village
Stubborn Resistance Slows American Advance In Italy
Rome June 27 British troops recaptured Chiusi and pressed toward Castiglione del Lago as German defenses slowed American and French units along a 70 mile front from Chiusi to the west coast. The Eighth Army reported heavy enemy losses and over 200 German troops captured in the Chiusi area with fighting and artillery expected to clear Castiglione del Lago. American armor slowed but continued toward Livorno Pisa with rain hindering movement. the 1st Armored Division said it destroyed or captured numerous tanks and vehicles in recent days.
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Howard Handleman
Pacific
Mt. Tapotchau
Rome
Chiusi
Castiglione del Lago
Lake Trasimeno
Eighth Army
Oliver Leese
Leese
Piercees
Siena
Florence
Montieri
Livorno
Leghorn
Pisa
Piombino
Tornado Toll Rises to 155 in Friday Night Disaster
Pittsburgh reports two more deaths in hospitals one in Clarksburg West Virginia and another in Waynesburg Pennsylvania raising the total death toll to 155 from Friday night's twister. Eighty three people remain seriously ill in hospitals across Pennsylvania and West Virginia as rescuers search the West Fork river near Shinnston for possible more victims.
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Pittsburgh
Clarksburg
W. Va
Waynesburg
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Mary
West Varginia
West Fork River
Shinnston
Dewey Begins Work On Acceptance Speech
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey started drafting and dictating his acceptance speech in Albany as he prepared for possible nomination at the Republican national convention. Advisers joined him after lunch while plans for travel to Chicago remained uncertain and contingent on nomination.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Chicago
Dewey
Convention City
FDR Brushes Off Fourth Term Question at White House
President Roosevelt dodged a query on a possible fourth term during a June press conference. Reporters pressed him for comment on the Democratic candidacy, but he gave a laughing brush-off and said there was no news on the subject.
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Moetington
Roosevelt
White House
Cnt
Planes Hit Yap Islands Bombardment Sweep
Allied air units from the southwest Pacific conducted heavy bombing of Yap Islands and nearby Caroline and Palau targets. Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported bombers sank a freighter and damaged three ships off northwest New Guinea. Additional strikes hit Woleai, Palau, and targets near New Guinea, with multiple raids in a short period.
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New Guinea
West Pacific
See Sang
Carolines
Douglas MacArth
N Guinea
Four Island
Dutch New G
Nanokwari
Ambassador Armour Ordered Home For Consultation
Washington reports Ambassador Norman Armour has been ordered back to the United States for consultation. A State Department official said the recall is routine and not tied to any specific crisis. Armour would return as soon as arrangements permit amid the Argentine military junta crisis.
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Ambassador Armour
Washington
Norman Armour
Argentina
State Department
Teeay
Department
Armour
En Tan Ieee
Eae
Feary
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Mercury
BY Jack Bell
Portal
Mogilev
By Russell Landstrom
London
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Bobruisk
Moscow
Osen
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Mouen
Caen-Avranches
Tilly-Sure Se
Marianas
Italy
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Yap Islands
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